Communicative language teaching is likely to involve

A - authentic language materials

B - focus on form

C - frequent error correct to prevent the formation of bad habits

D - learners working in pairs or small groups

With respect to interactive technologies such as the interactive whiteboard, it is important

A - not to confuse technical and pedagogical interactivity

B - to have one student perform in front of the class so that everyone can learn

C - not to allow teaching to become outdated but to adapt to new technologies

D - to include focus on form activities as well as communicative tasks

The researcher(s) most closely associated with the concept of output is (are):

A - Mike Long

B - Roger Andersen

C - Merrill Swain

D - Stephen Krashen

According to Carl Blyth, for a language learning activity to be truly communicative, it must

A - require an answer from a closed list

B - involve only one language element or construction

C - be controlled by the learner

D - have a clear pedagogical goal

Using one‘s own drawings to support the oral retelling of a story may be considered a constructivist learning task because

A - the story is simply a pretext the real goal is grammatical competence

B - it provides a longer-term goal for learning vocabulary and producing utterances

C - it allows the teacher to evaluate learners in a communicative context

D - learners construct their own representations of the materials studied

According to Carl Blyth, communicative language activities involve

A - teacher control of tasks

B - holistic rather than analytic language skills

C - fluent connected speech and interaction

D - unplanned, spontaneous answers

The researcher(s) most closely associated with the concept of nativisation is (are):

A - Merrill Swain

B - Roger Andersen

C - Larry Selinker

D - Stephen Krashen

The researcher(s) most closely associated with the concept of variation is (are):

A - Merrill Swain

B - Larry Selinker

C - Elaine Tarone

D - Stephen Krashen

What criticisms of grammar-translation methods do proponents of communicative language teaching generally put forward?

A - learning activities are not motivating

B - there is no clear grammatical focus

C - language is often decontextualised

D - opportunities for learner output are restricted

The researcher(s) most closely associated with the concept of interaction is (are):

A - Susan Gass

B - Merrill Swain

C - Stephen Krashen

D - Mike Long